Car Museum

SMZ S-3D: The Most Mass-Produced Motor Vehicle for Disabled People in the USSR

SMZ S-3D: The Most Mass-Produced Motor Vehicle for Disabled People in the USSR

Two-stroke engine, pedal-free control, and a special distribution system through social services

GAZ-12 ZIM: A Rare Executive Car of the USSR

GAZ-12 ZIM: A Rare Executive Car of the USSR

How GAZ Engineers Built a Six-Seater Sedan Without a Frame and with a Fluid Coupling

YaG-10: How the USSR's First Heavy Truck Appeared

YaG-10: How the USSR's First Heavy Truck Appeared

The history of development, design, specifications, and fate of the pioneer of the Soviet automotive industry

NATI-VM: The Soviet Transformer of 1937

NATI-VM: The Soviet Transformer of 1937

How in the 1930s they tried to turn the "Emka" into a universal all-terrain vehicle for three elements

Seven Cars with a Truly Strange Engine

Seven Cars with a Truly Strange Engine

Formula V6, Wankel rotary engine, gas turbine, and even two engines at once - recalling the most unconventional solutions

40 years of the Moskvich-2141: hope and disappointment

40 years of the Moskvich-2141: hope and disappointment

From the experimental 3-5 series to the Svyatogor: key stages and technical solutions of the AZLK-2141

The Iron Giant of Industrialization: Our Own "Stalinets-60" Instead of the American Caterpillar 60

The Iron Giant of Industrialization: Our Own "Stalinets-60" Instead of the American Caterpillar 60

From Detroit to Chelyabinsk: How 12 Engineers Set Up Production of 10,000 Machines in Four Years

Right and Left: The History of the Road Divide

Right and Left: The History of the Road Divide

How knights, 18th-century farmers, and Henry Ford determined which side of the road the world drives on

Volkswagen SP2 - Brazil's challenge to rational Germans

Volkswagen SP2 - Brazil's challenge to rational Germans

The story of a model that fit into no segment, yet managed to outlive its own era

NAMI-076: the tractor that was ahead of its time

NAMI-076: the tractor that was ahead of its time

How a promising logging truck proved too complex for its era

Truck with "Rear" Steering: ZIL-132S Project

Truck with "Rear" Steering: ZIL-132S Project

A four-wheel drive all-terrain vehicle on pneumatic tires passed tests, but remained an experiment

ZIL-112S: a rare motorsport legend

ZIL-112S: a rare motorsport legend

A fiberglass monocoque, a V8 with up to 300 hp, and 230 km/h - ZIL's ambitious experiment